Lamont Johnson(1922-2010)

Lamont Johnson was born on 30 September 1922 in Stockton, California, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985), Lipstick (1976) and Lincoln (1988). He was married to Tony Johnson. He died on 24 October 2010 in Monterey, California, USA.

7.3

TV Movie

5.6

7.0

TV Mini Series

8.2

TV Series

Felicity
6.9
TV Series
- Director
- 2000
All the Winters That Have Been
5.3
TV Movie
- Director
- 1997
The Man Next Door
5.6
TV Movie
- Director
- 1996
The Broken Chain
5.8
TV Movie
- Director
- 1993
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
6.5
TV Movie
- Director
- 1992
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
6.0
TV Movie
- Director
- 1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1990
Lincoln
7.0
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 1988
Unnatural Causes
6.6
TV Movie
- Director
- 1986
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
7.3
TV Movie
- Director
- 1985
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
6.7
TV Movie
- Director
- 1984
Faerie Tale Theatre
8.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
5.4
- Director (directed by)
- 1983
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
7.4
TV Movie
- Director
- 1982
Dangerous Company
6.0
TV Movie
- Director
- 1982

Born
- September 30, 1922
- Stockton, California, USA
Died
- October 24, 2010
- Monterey, California, USA(congestive heart failure)
Spouse
- Tony JohnsonDecember 27, 1945 - April 21, 2009 (her death, 3 children)
Other works
(1952-53) Radio: Appeared (as "Tarzan") in the series "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" on the CBS Radio Network.
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview
- 1 Article

Trivia
Schooled at Pasadena City College. First performed in radio drama and worked as a radio announcer. Acted at the Pasadena Playhouse. During World War II was classified as unfit for military service due to health problems, but worked with the USO entertaining troops in Europe. In the 1950s and 1960s made a name for himself as a director of seminal television episodes, particularly The Twilight Zone (1959). Later specialized in made-for-TV movies and miniseries.

Quotes
Projects about human problems, about the testing of the human experience, about the pressures which exist upon human beings in a difficult world, are what really involve me. The traps people get into and have to battle out of are the elements of drama with which I like to deal.